"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler."

- Albert Einstein

"An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea." Note: Thinking this way certainly inspires me to order trump more often.

- Sidhatha Guatama

"When in doubt, win the trick."

- Edmund Hoyle

As simple a game as euchre first appears to be, the strategy possiblitlities are actually quite overwhelming. The variables involved make a basic strategy difficult to arrive at without endless exceptions. This work tries to impose a basic set of strategies on a player who wishes to win more euchre games by consistantly taking the best route available.

History and Origin of playing cards, gallery of standards, early standards and the New Standards Project. Articles on card masters of the 19th century, Lewis I. Cohen, Samuel Hart, Andrew Dougherty and Thomas de la Rue.